Share your expertise while raising your professional profile. We're seeking women speakers to showcase at our upcoming Women in Payments USA Symposium. Our theme for this year is "Unstoppable: Breaking Barriers, Building Futures".
Apply to speak, lead a workshop, or participate in a fireside chat or panel. These can all be great platforms for career growth. You can share your knowledge, skills, and insights while gaining expert status that can help you make that next career move.
We offer three streams of presentations for women speakers including:
- digital payments
- leadership and career development
- payments innovation
If you're interested in speaking at our upcoming symposia, please see the full speaker requirements below.
The Women in Payments USA 2026 Call for Speakers will close September 12, 2025.
Speaker Requirements
To be considered complete and ready for submission to our Advisory Board, all speaker information must be completed, including all panelist names.
At Women in Payments, we believe in amplifying a wide range of perspectives from across the industry. As part of our commitment to organizational diversity, finalized sessions will feature only one speaker per organization.
When submitting your proposal, please ensure your speaker recommendations reflect this guideline. Submissions with multiple speakers from the same organization will not be considered for the same session.
Please have the following prepared in advance of submitting the application online, as it cannot be saved midway:
Main Contact
- Name
- Organization
- Phone
- Address
Session Information
- Session title
- Presentation Track: Digital Payments, Leadership and Career development, Payments Innovation
- Presentation Level: Fundamental, Intermediate, Advanced
- Brief description (min 300 – 500 max characters)
Speaker #1 (presenter/moderator)
*Moderators will be responsible for scheduling their own panel calls in preparation for their break-out session.
- Name
- Organization
- Job title
- Phone
- Address
- Upload a profile photo (max 20MB, min dimensions 500x500)
- Bio (min 300 - max 500 characters)
Speaker #2-5 (if applicable)
- Name
- Organization
- Job title
- Phone
- Address
- Upload a profile photo (max 20MB, min dimensions 500x500)
- Bio (min 300 - max 500 characters)
*Note: If you are selected to speak in person at a Women in Payments event, please note that travel costs are not included. Additionally, you will be required to purchase a discounted speaker symposium pass for $495 USD which includes two full days of symposium access.